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Issue: Marvel Tales #140
Publication Date: November 1955
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Issues: #140 of 67 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Who Goes There?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Man Without Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Paul Abbot; Ruth Abbot; King Kaaz (Martian king); Count Szoj (Martian)
Synopsis: A man nonchalantly goes with some aliens, thinking he's humoring some Halloween trick or treaters. His "fearlessness" convinces the Martians that Earth is better left alone and they leave. Then the man's wife tells him that "Halloween isn't till tomorrow night!"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: H-108
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per Biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 24, #9, September 2013.
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The Dreamer

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky ?
Inker(s): Mike Sekowsky ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jasper McReedy; Stella McReedy; Linda McReedy; Tom Logan; Bob Webster
Synopsis: A dedicated chemist invents a formula to give people a healthy weight, and his daughter accidentally tests it on the neighbors.
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In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #40 published November 1956
as The Experiment [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Experiment"
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #60 published December 1957
as Crackpot Chemist [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Crackpot Chemist"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: H-57
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Begins after "Man Without Fear" and second half located after "Who Goes There?"
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The Man Who Followed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Gene Colan
Inker(s): Gene Colan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, war
Character(s): Private Eric Roeder
Synopsis: During the war, a German deserter encounters the same man, over and over, who keeps repeating, "It's your turn next!". Finally finding refuge in an amusement park, he wanders behind the shooting gallery, which is owned by the mystery man, and is gunned down by "a firing squad after all!" (Because, apparently, they use live ammo at this amusement park.)
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Pages: 5
Job Number: G-988
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per Biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 24, #9, September 2013.
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The Wings!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): John Forte (signed)
Inker(s): John Forte (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mr. Smart
Synopsis: A small-time racketeer dies and ascends toward heaven. Along the way, he finds wings and a robe that he thinks will enable him to blend in and escape judgement. His plan fails and he realizes that he doesn't fool anyone in death, just like he didn't fool anyone in life.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: G-986
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Who Goes There?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mr. Brant
Synopsis: A top astronomer is a Doubting Thomas when it comes to UFO reports. Despite mounting evidence, his continued rejections and "No comment!" turn the public against him and they become an unruly mob, complete with torches. He holds a press conference to dispel the stories once and for all. On a blackboard, he explains how familiar creatures (fish) pass through their atmosphere but insists that "nothing exists above our watery atmosphere!". The last panel reveals a domed underwater city, labelled Atlantis.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: G-883
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In the Dark!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Mort Lawrence (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Lawrence (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Marvin Craig (train engineer); Jerry (co-engineer)
Synopsis: A commuter train enters a tunnel and disappears. The crew and passengers find themselves on a world inhabited by strange and friendly creatures. The humans come to admire this new world as the creatures come to admire the different conditions they are told of Earth. Eventually, the train is ready to return to its original destination. The engineer recounts his story to a group of people who are skeptical until the passengers disembark, and we see only alien creatures, as all the people, save for the engineer, stayed behind in the strange new world.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: G-897
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per Biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 24, #9, September 2013.

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